The 2012 Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey has been issued and is open for data entry through April 20, 2012! This year's survey has been revamped to include updated health insurance options and other fine-tuning, but the most notable change this year is in Part D - Salaries...

• The 74 job categories are organized as 50 Exempt and 24 Non-Exempt employees.
• The survey also asks for the number of years each employee has been in that position in your agency.

Two ways to report are offered; please use the method that works best for you:

• The traditional hard copy, downloadable below.
• PC-based Excel 2007 file [to request the .xlsm file be emailed to you, email rose@michfed.org]

The 2011 Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey of Private Agencies Summary Report has been issued!

See the attached brochure for how to purchase the 2011 report....

2011 Salary Survey Report…What’s in it? How can it help my agency? The 126-page 2011 Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey Summary Report reflects data as of January 31, 2011, including a compilation of actual salaries of over 5,000 employees across 73 job classifications within 44 Michigan private, nonprofit child and family service agencies. The report also includes extensive and detailed information related to employee benefits, making it that much easier to compare your agency's compensation packages to agencies across the state and in your region of the state. All data in the report is presented geographically: statewide, SE Michigan counties and counties outside of SE Michigan.

The brochure attached (SalSurRptWhatsInIt.pdf) spells out important uses for the report’s data, including a new IRS Form 990 requirement to document “reasonable compensation" paid to key employees. Read more about this in the attached BDO USA article titled, “Compensation and Transactions on the New Form 990.”

All Michigan private, nonprofit child and family serving organizations are invited to participate in this survey. Find out how in the attachment below.

Adoptive couples, please consider participating in a research study involving post-adoptive couples. This project is part of a multi-year “Strengthening Marriages and the Well-Being of Children” federal grant, which the Michigan State University School of Social Work received from the Children’s Bureau in Washington DC.

A special Training Interest Survey 2009 has been designed to capture the full scope of training needs of individuals and organizations serving the needs of Michigan’s vulnerable children and families. Click here to participate now!

Order your copy now!

The 2008 Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey Summary reflects data current as of March 31, 2008, including a compilation of actual salaries of 4,954 employees across 58 job classifications within 40 Michigan private, nonprofit child and family service agencies, presented geographically—statewide, SE Michigan counties and counties outside of SE Michigan.

As of September 2007, 46% (8,879) of the 19,298 children in Michigan's child welfare and juvenile justice systems resided in foster homes (7,029) or residential treatment facilities (1,850). They are boys and girls...ages birth to 18...many races...many religions...with many challenges!

Private nonprofit agencies in Michigan are the State's partners in providing the care and supervision for these children. Michigan Department of Human Services statistics demonstrate this partnership: Download this 2007 data Fact Card.

At their meeting on July 25, 2007, the Federation’s HR MIN members okayed the Federation conducting a short survey to collect and then report to participating agencies information regarding two separate topics not covered in the Annual Salary & Fringe Benefits Survey: Workplace Wellness Initiatives and Pay Budgets. We’ve prepared the survey (see below and/or attached). Your responses can be provided online, via fax or email. You may download a hard copy of the survey here: Special HR Survey

Federation staff will compile the results and issue a summary to the Executive Directors and HR Directors of the agencies that participate. Agency-specific data will be kept confidential. Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you!

—Rose Homa, Member Services and Operations Manager Ph. (517) 485-8552 • rose@michfed.org

The Michigan Federation for Children and Families' 2006 Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey Summary reflecting data current as of January 31, 2006 is now available. The report reflects actual salaries of 3,703 employees across 58 job classifications within 38 Michigan private, nonprofit child and family service agencies. For the second year, this report includes two sections which present additional, valuable information: (1) required employee contributions toward health insurance premiums and (2) selected staff turnover data.